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CHAPTER 69: BACKGROUND CHECK

Penulis: Lizzy Fash
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-08 02:13:36

DANIEL

It wasn't the wine we'd had at the restaurant. It wasn't even Carly's continued suspicion of my motives after all — although that in itself could've soured the heavenly crème brûlée. It was something else that bothered the back of my mind the moment we left the restaurant.

Something slashing. Cold.

Killian.

I grasped Rebel's hand in my own as we walked toward the car, but my focus wasn't on her warmth tonight. Not entirely. It was on the way he had gazed at her for just a fraction of a second too long. The way he said her name was like he had a right to remember it intimately.

"Daniel," Rebel murmurs, sliding into the backseat with a contented sigh. "That wasn't half bad; I had no idea Mother was capable of apologising."

I laugh. "Which part?"

She grins, "All of it. The food. The apology. The emotional bonding – I have a brother, an adopted brother."

I chuckled, but my hand never left her back. That was the thing about Rebel—she burnt so bright that I wonder sometimes i
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  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 69: BACKGROUND CHECK

    DANIEL It wasn't the wine we'd had at the restaurant. It wasn't even Carly's continued suspicion of my motives after all — although that in itself could've soured the heavenly crème brûlée. It was something else that bothered the back of my mind the moment we left the restaurant. Something slashing. Cold. Killian. I grasped Rebel's hand in my own as we walked toward the car, but my focus wasn't on her warmth tonight. Not entirely. It was on the way he had gazed at her for just a fraction of a second too long. The way he said her name was like he had a right to remember it intimately. "Daniel," Rebel murmurs, sliding into the backseat with a contented sigh. "That wasn't half bad; I had no idea Mother was capable of apologising." I laugh. "Which part?" She grins, "All of it. The food. The apology. The emotional bonding – I have a brother, an adopted brother." I chuckled, but my hand never left her back. That was the thing about Rebel—she burnt so bright that I wonder sometimes i

  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 68: FIRST MEETING

    CARLY RHODES I don’t beg.I host galas, control over two hundred sixty-six subsidiaries, a whole kingdom, and can command silence with a glance—but beg? Never.Which is how I knew tonight would be...different and awkward, to say the least, because just like Jacque says, "I messed up big time this time around." But could you blame me? For years I thought my daughter was dead, yet suddenly she's alive with a whole life of her own, a lover to a man who is insanely rich, powerful and formidable in every field that matters, and she has two kids for him, but she is a princess by birth, an heiress to her father's numerous wealth and status, and she needs to come to terms with it, and he is no good to her, but little miss independent doesn't agree. She is the best and worst manifestation of her father and me, incredibly and utterly stubborn.The restaurant was tucked into a quiet rooftop in midtown. No paparazzi. No fanfare. Just a private room, three chairs, and the sound of my pride slowly

  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 67: MEANT FOR ME

    KILLIAN RHODES My name is Killian Rhodes; there are things you don’t admit out loud. Like when you get hard watching your own blood—well, adopted blood—fire your parents ever know it all public relations nightmare on national television while chastising and putting all journalists in their place? But Ray isn’t the kind of friend you lie to. He has been my ride or die and knows more secrets about me than any other person in this world; hence, I never put up airs around him, so I bare my demons to him as I exhale harshly. “She’s perfect, man. Like a goddamn ghost with lipstick.” He scoffs, "You’re talking about your sister, Mason.” “Step-sister”, I add, like that’s supposed to make it better. I shake my head negatively. "She’s not really my sister. I mean, we’ve never met. I was informed of her existence merely months ago, man. ”So that makes it okay for you to jack off to her news coverage?" Come on, man, I didn't jack off to it. Not this time. Ray groans and facepalms. Jesus Christ,

  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 66: MY GIRL!

    JACQUE RHODES I was three espresso shots deep into my morning meeting when the chaos started. The giant screen in my office blinked to life with the live feed. All twelve board members fell into hush as the press conference came into view—Rebel, or as the world had just been reintroduced to her, Catie Rhodes, stood on that podium like she was born on it and ready to burn it down. And oh, did she burn it down. “Turn it up,” I said, chuckling into my espresso. The intern nearly tripped trying to obey. The moment the volume hit an audible range, Rebel's voice sliced through the room. “Yes, legally, I’m Catie Rhodes. But let’s stop pretending I’ve lived her life. I’m Rebel. And if that makes you uncomfortable, sit with it.” I let out a full-blown ha!—and I don’t ha! often. The board members glanced at each other nervously. One man—the one who always orders chicken salad without the chicken—leaned toward me. “Sir… Shouldn’t we be worried?” I wiped my eyes. “Worried? Hell no.

  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 65: CATIE RHODES

    REBEL Punching bags I understand; climbing through tall buildings, disguises, everything and anything I had been trained for for years, yet having to attend press conferences, fake smiles, and being kind to annoying individuals just rubs me the wrong way. Mother had been insisting on me doing this, yet here I am, missing my kids and lover, who didn’t like the fact that I stepped out without him or the kids, and by the heavens, I don't understand why my mother doesn't just accept him even after I've had his kids, and to make things worse, she hired one of his exes as her PR person, and I don't like the way things are slowly beginning to spin out of control. Flashes exploded like fireworks. “Smile, Catie!” “Princess, over here!” “Catie Rhodes, is it true you ran away for over fifteen years because your mother didn’t buy you the right tiara?” I bit the inside of my cheek so hard I tasted blood. My heels clicked against the marble as I walked into the opulent press hall flanked by secur

  • REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS   CHAPTER 64: EDGE

    KLAUS The roads were too quiet for a city so alive. The type of silence that clung to your back made you instinctively reach for the weight of a gun holstered under your coat. I stood outside the cafe where Louisa had just entered. She was meeting someone; I didn't know who yet, but I didn't like it. A sensation I'd never felt since the times of the force—before the crown, before Daniel, before betrayal. I was watching the perimeters when the hairs at the back of my neck stood up. I slowly turned, and there he was. Robert. I hadn't seen the son of a bitch since the fire in Spain. He was supposed to be dead—or buried in the ashes of our past. But he wasn't, of course. He was older and wiser, his suit pressed but his eyes tired. He was slouching against the trunk of my car as if we were old friends meeting up again. "Klaus," he said, his voice still as suave. "Small world," Not small enough," I muttered, advancing. I hadn't pulled my gun. Not yet. "Are you following the girl?"

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